The Saddled Sharpnose Puffer is highly poisonous to eat. The non-toxic Blacksaddle Filefish mimics the Saddled Sharpnose Puffer and so benefits from the 'bad reputation' of the Saddled Sharpnose Puffer as predators avoid it.

Blacktip Grouper, Epinephelus fasciatus

This is the first time I have seen the Blacktip Grouper, which I originally labelled Vermillion Rock Code in error. It was not reported as located in the Maldives on www.fishbase.us so I uploaded it on 5 Dec 2016.

Harlequin Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides

Threadfin Butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga

Titan Triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens

Two-lined Monocle Bream, Scolopsis bilineatus

Vlaming's Unicornfish, Naso vlamingii

Yellow Boxffish, Ostracion cubicus

Yellowfin Soldierfish, Myripristis berndti

The second morning dive was at TunaPass:

Clark's Anemonefish , Amphiprion clarkii

Featherstars on whip coral

Giant Moray, Gymnothorax javanicus

Magenta Menella

The afternoon dive was at Hudhuveli
Outer where we saw a large stingray:

Alcyonaria soft coral

Alcyonaria soft coral

Bigeye Bream, Monotaxis grandoculis

Bill & Two-spot Snappers, Lutjanus biguttatus

Black Pyramid Butterflyfish, Hemitaurichthys zoster

Collared Butterflyfish, Chaetodon collare

Giant Moray, Gymnothorax javanicus

Soft Dimemnum Sea Squirts, Didemnum molle on
Whip Coral

Commonly seen throughout the Indo-Pacific region, this Ascidian is usually found in clusters, often on fishing line. The green colour is from blue-green algae living as symbionts in the cloacal cavity.